Seeking Justice – Praying for Peace
And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and killed him. Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" He said, "I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?"...
View ArticleTom Ewell
Tom Ewell may be one of the few Friends whose clearness committee didn’t clear him on the first try! He did not grow up a Quaker, but he became interested in Quakers when he was teaching at Cambridge...
View ArticleMickey Edgerton
Muriel (Mickey) Wesner Edgerton is openly self-effacing. Punctuated by her distinctive giggle, she characterizes herself as a "blabbermouth," an "extrovert," a person who finds it hard to love "people...
View ArticleThose Other Branch Quakers
“Be careful of those ‘other branch’ Quakers.” These words were spoken to me at a recent Wednesday evening Bible study by the group leader. I had been in conversation with a partner teacher at our...
View ArticleMilestones October 2013
Marriages: Sarah Boss and Jeremy John Shea. Births: Riva Roy-Ehri, Deaths: Dorothy Ann Dickenson Corbit, Weaver Rose Habl, Elizabeth H. Moger, Eleanor Bent Plant, Mary Elizabeth Gaunt Rhoads, Majid...
View ArticleMilestones November 2013
Includes listings for Helen Angell, Catherine Bell Wetteroth, Scott E. Crom, Robert Gray Hindmarsh, Mary Caroline Mendenhall, Geraldine S. McNabb, John Montgomery Sexton, Edward Webster. The post...
View ArticleOn Being Good
Opening up those parts of ourselves we keep in the shadows. The post On Being Good appeared first on Friends Journal.
View ArticleNews December 2014
Historical marker, books website, Quaker divisions, a new space, and an appointment. The post News December 2014 appeared first on Friends Journal.
View ArticleReflections on Selma: What Quakers Were Saying in 1965
Commentary about Selma from the Friends Journal archives The post Reflections on Selma: What Quakers Were Saying in 1965 appeared first on Friends Journal.
View ArticleMilestones June/July 2015
Births, deaths, and marriages among Friends. The post Milestones June/July 2015 appeared first on Friends Journal.
View ArticleMain Street Activism and Wall Street Advocacy: Strange Bedfellows?
Working together on different but complementary strategies for change. The post Main Street Activism and Wall Street Advocacy: Strange Bedfellows? appeared first on Friends Journal.
View ArticleMemories of My Father’s Memories
The humanity and inhumanity of the Manhattan Project. The post Memories of My Father’s Memories appeared first on Friends Journal.
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Personality and Place: The Life and Times of Pendle Hill
By Douglas Gwyn. Plain Press, 2014. 512 pages. $20/paperback; $15/eBook. [button link=”http://www.amazon.com/Personality-Place-Life-Times-Pendle/dp/1500549363″]Buy on FJ Amazon Store[/button] Querencia...
View ArticleNews December 2015
Interfaith peace conference, Shepard Fairey mural, more. The post News December 2015 appeared first on Friends Journal.
View ArticleStewardship of the Earth Print
About the print featured in "Peace is Possible" The post Stewardship of the Earth Print appeared first on Friends Journal.
View ArticleNews March 2016
News of Friends, including a Quaker art exhibit in Montana and the FWCC World Plenary in Peru. The post News March 2016 appeared first on Friends Journal.
View ArticleCourtney Parker Siceloff
Siceloff—Courtney Parker Siceloff, 92, on January 28, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. Courtney was born on January 4, 1922, in Bartlett, Tex., to Mary Margaret Powell and John Andrew Siceloff. As his Methodist...
View ArticleFall Down Seven Times
A story about failure, dead ends, and misunderstandings. The post Fall Down Seven Times appeared first on Friends Journal.
View ArticleSteven Sears Spencer
Spencer—Steven Sears Spencer, 85, on July 11, 2015, in Santa Fe, N.M. Steve was born on August 27, 1929, in Philadelphia, Pa., to Mary and Steven Spencer. He graduated from Swarthmore College, where he...
View ArticleAuthor Chris Mohr reads “A Quaker Space for Our Time”
FJ Podcast: On October 6, 2015, I got an email from Tony Heriza, the media production director at American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). His wife, Jane Golden, directs the City of Philadelphia...
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